Avnet has undergone a massive growth in earnings per share over the last three years. While profit isn't the sole metric that should be considered when investing, it's worth recognising businesses that can consistently produce it. The high level of insider ownership enhances our enthusiasm for this growth. The combination definitely favoured by investors so consider keeping the company on a watchlist.

returns on capital have increased substantially over the last five years to 14%. The amount of capital employed has increased too, by 24%. We're very much inspired by what we're seeing at Avnet thanks to its ability to profitably reinvest capital. While Avnet may not earn the highest returns, we've compiled a list of companies that currently earn more than 25% return on equity.

Avnet's (NASDAQ:AVT) stock increased significantly by 14% over the past three months. Given the company's impressive performance, we decided to study its financial indicators more closely as a company's financial health over the long-term usually dictates market outcomes. Specifically, we studied Avnet's ROE to see how effectively the company is reinvesting its profits.

The excitement of investing in a company that can reverse its fortunes is a big draw for some speculators. But as Peter Lynch said in One Up On Wall Street, 'Long shots almost never pay off' So if this idea of high risk and high reward doesn't suit, you might be more interested in profitable, growing companies, like Avnet. In impressive fashion, Avnet's EPS grew from US$5.34 to US$9.44, over the previous year. It's not often a company can achieve year-on-year growth of 77%.

Avnet's (NASDAQ:AVT) stock has declined 8.0% over the past month. Its strong financials could mean that the stock could potentially see an increase in value. In this article, we focus on Avnet's ROE, which is used to assess how efficiently a company's management is utilizing the company's capital.

Arizona Diamondbacks agree to multi-year deal with Avnet. Players will wear black Avnet patches featuring the company’s logo on one jersey sleeve.

Newark, an Avnet company, is now exclusively stocking Multicomp Pro’s fiber optic HDMI cables. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd has no plans to cut its investment in semiconductors despite recently reporting its lowest quarterly profit since 2009.